From the innovative work of Louis Daguerre, one of photography’s founding fathers, to the poetic humanists who shaped the very landscape of the modern medium, Paris boasts a proud and unique photographic heritage and, to this day, remains one of the most photographed cities in the world.

Pieter Hugo’s self-reflective project 'Kin' is a confrontation of roots and a discourse on the politics of family. Shot over the course of a decade, 'Kin' focuses on Hugo’s life experience in his native country, a place defined by centuries of cultural and racial tensions.